Ads crippling utility of FT
 

The ads are massively slowing down FT, even with high-speed hard-wired internet. Wifi is a miserable experience. Also seem to introduce a security issue as well, as I can't even access FT anymore from work computers that have a slightly more sensitive firewall. This is not good for the users. Who's making all the money from this ridiculous crunch of ads anyway?

I hear your frustration. I wish I could be helpful. I can't. Given that this is all in the hands of Internet Brands, I am going to move your post to the tech issues forum that they monitor.

Carol/SanDiego1K
Community Director

And for me ublock now has to be disabled for me to post a reply. Something has changed somewhere.

Yeah, I had to disable uBlock.

Way to continue to be a dumpster fire, IB. The reason why I block your ads is because I know that that $1000 Amazon gift card offer that hijacks my browser when I browse flyertalk.com without blockers is a scam. I don't trust your ads because obviously you don't do much quality control. :rolleyes:

We recently implemented a solution to the mobile browser hijacks. They should now be history ;)

Can I reignite the discussion around a paid subscription? Probably get a lot less one off venters.

If it means no ads I would pay. I understand the need for ads, but when they get too intrusive on sites I just don't bother any longer. I find them particularly irritating here.

The video ads are making FT unusable... takes minutes to reply to a thread due to the massive CPU usage and locking up the browser.
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Absolutely

Whatever changed to render uBlock ineffective are a real PITA given the nonsense ads that FT spews our way

Thanks Rylan, I'll pass these onto tech/ad ops.